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No. 625,002. Patented May l6, I899.

J. A. WHEELER. LUBRICATOR FOR nor BOXES or RAILWAY GAR JOURNALS.

(Application filed Dec. 27, 1898.)

(No Model.)

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v UNITED I STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES A. WHEELER, oE BOONE, IOWA.

LUBRICATOR FOR HOT BOXES OF RAILWAY-CAR JOURNALS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 625,002, dated. May 16, 1899. Application filed December 27,1898r Serial No. 700,483. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JAMES A. \VHEELER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Boone, in the county of Boone and State of Iowa, have invented a new and useful Lubricator for Hot Boxes of Railway-Oar Journals, of which the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is to provide a device of simple, strong, ;lurable, and inexpensive construction in the nature of an attachment that'may be readily, quickly, and easily applied to the journal-box-supporting frame of a railway-car to constantly feed lubricating-oil to thejournal and in such a quantity as to prevent the journal from running dry and to thereby gradually cool the journal.

My invention consists in the construction, arrangement, and combination with the oiltank of an adjustable and reversible clamp that may be attached to either side of the said frame to support the oil-tank in proper position adjacent to the box; and my invention consists, further, in the construction of the pipe for conveying the oil from the tank to the journal, so that the oil may be fed to any desired spot upon the journal irrespective of the position of the oil-tank upon the frame, and in certain otherdetails of construction, arrangement, and combination of parts, as hereinafter more fully set forth, pointed -out in my claims, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings,.in which Figure 1 shows a side elevation of a part of the j ournal-boX-su pporting frame of a freightcar and the wheel in position relative there to and also my improvement applied as in practical use. Fig. 2 shows an end elevation of the same, with dotted lines to indicate the position of the oil-feedin g pipe relative to the journal. Fig. 3 shows a similar View of the corresponding portions of a passenger-coach with my device applied thereto. Fig. t shows a vertical sectional view of the oil-tank. Fig. 5 shows in perspective the perforated end of the oil-feeding pipe. Fig. 6 shows a perspective view of the clamp for securing the oiltank to the journal-boX-supporting frame. 7

Referring to the accompanying drawings, I have used the reference-numeral 10 to indicate the journal-box-supporting frame of the kind ordinarily used on freight-cars.

end is the journal-box 11, also of the usual At its construction, having a hinged cover 12. The

My attachment comprises a two-part clamp composed of two pieces of metal 15 and 16, having a hinge 17therein and designed to encircle a part of the frame 10. The ends of the clamp opposite the hinge are normally separated a slight distance when passed around the part of the frame 10, and a thumb-screw 18 is passed through one part and seated in the opposite part. Obviously when the clamp is passed around the frame 10 the thumbscrew may be made to enter the screw-thread ed portion of the clamp, and as the ends are drawn together by the screw the clamp will be firmly secured in position upon the frame,

and obviously the clamp will adapt itself to slight variationsin the size of the frame parts. One end of the clamp is extended outwardly a considerable distance and twisted to a position almost at right angles to the body portion of the said part, and an opening 19 is made therein.

The reference-numeral 20 indicates a tank for containing lubricating-oil, and 21 indicates a metal band passed around the central portion in this tank and riveted thereto. Its ends are bent outwardly from the tank parallel with each other and an opening made in each end, one of which openings is screwthreaded. A thumb-screw 22 is provided and arranged to pass through the openings in the band 21 and also through the opening 19, and obviously this screw will serve to clamp the parts together, and, further, the tank may be tilted in a vertical plane to desirable position.

Referencenumeral 23 indicates a valveseat in the bottom of the tank, and 24 a plunger-rod seated in the top of the tank and provided with a disk at its top, whereby the plunger-rod may be turned. At its lower end is avalve 26 to engage the seat 23, andifrom this seat a pipe 27 projects first downwardly, then horizontally at 28, and then horizontally at right angles at 29. In its end a number of holes 30 are made to permit the free passage of oil therefrom. A feed-opening 31 is made in the top of the tank and a cone-shaped screw-cap 32, having an air-vent 33, seated in said opening.

In the modification shown in Fig. 3 the only difierence over the construction shown in Fig. 2 is that the under portion of the clamp is made larger, so that it will encircle the wooden frame 37 usually found in passenger-coaches.

In practical operation when the operators of a train discover that one of the boxes has become hot, which may be easily seen by smoke issuing therefrom, the train is stopped and one of the oil-tanks is clamped to the frame adjacent to the box thus affected. The position of the tank with relation to the box may be adjusted by changing the position of the clamp upon the frame so that the pipe will stand in the box at the side of the journal, and, furthermore, the position of the pipe with relation to the box may be adjusted vertically by tilting the tank up or down, which may be accomplished by a manipulation of the thumb-screw 22. By this means it is obvious that the perforated end 30 of the oilfeeding pipe may be placed in position adjacent to the journal. When this has been done and all of the parts made fast, the disk 25 is operated and the valve 26 raised, thus permitting aflow of oil through the feed-pipe and to the journal. Then thecar may be at once started without repacking the box and obviously the journal cannot go dry, and hence after a few miles run, or before the supply of oil in the tank 20is exhausted, the box will have again become cooled and a sufficient supply of oil in the box is all that is necessary. It is obvious, further, that by reason of the peculiar construction of the I clamp the same clamp may be used for either 1 side of the frame 10, and it will support the tank in a substantially vertical position when on either side. The placing of a number of holes in the end of the feed-pipe will prevent any possibility of the flow of oil being stopped when the end of the pipe is clogged with waste or the like.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-- 1. A device for lubricating the journalboxes of railway-cars comprising a clamp designed for detachable connection with the car-truck near the journal-box, an oil-tank, a pipe projected downwardly therefrom and then horizontally, means for securing the clamp to the tank, and for tilting the tank relative to the clamp so that the lower end of the pipe may be positioned to lie adjacent to the journal in the boxes, for the purposes stated.

2. A lubricator attachment for railwaycars, comprising, aclamp of two parts hinged together and capable of encircling a part of the truck-frame, a thumb-screw for drawing the free ends of said parts together, an oiltank, a metal pipe leading downwardly and then horizontally from the tank, means for regulating the flow through the pipe, and

means for pivotally connecting the said metal j hold the pipe in proper position within the j ournal-box, substantially as and for the pur- 5 poses stated.

JAMES A. WHEELER.

WVitnesses:

B. F. NORTON, E. I-IARNER. 

